Paul Smith takes a look at rugby values...and which club in particular is walking the walk while England talk the talk
To those for whom the promotion of rugby union in England is an employment matter rather than a recreational activity, that much-trumpeted phrase ‘rugby values’ never seems far from the lips.
Not that many years ago, this was a somewhat nebulous concept rooted in the oft-quoted cliché ‘a thug’s game played by gentlemen.’
Then at some point in the early 21st century the powers-that-be defined what they understood by ‘rugby values’ since when the marketeers have positioned it f...